Did you know that colorectal cancer is the second leading cancer killer among men and women in Oregon…and it doesn’t have to be. Research has demonstrated time and time again that recommended screenings saves lives. Join us for this Primary Care and Public Health webinar series event to discuss how to improve rates in your practice and community.
Webinar Participants Will:
- Examine the research behind colorectal cancer screening recommendations
- Identify multiple effective screening options
- Recall best practices for developing clinic systems for appropriately tracking screenings
- Survey several useful national and local tools to aid improvement efforts
Presented By:
Patricia Schoonmaker, MPH
Health Systems Coordinator
Oregon Health Authority - Public Health Division
Patricia Schoonmaker is a Health Systems Coordinator in the Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention (HPCDP) section of the Public Health Division. She provides strategic direction for HPCDP health systems related efforts, with a current emphasis on increasing colorectal cancer screening among Oregon adults. Patricia has experience planning and implementing data-driven chronic disease prevention programs, strategic planning and partnership and patient engagement strategies for chronic disease prevention, early detection and self-management at the state public health division and two Veterans Affairs Medical Centers.
Gloria Coronado, PHD
Senior Investigator, Endowed Scientist for Health Disparities
Kaiser Permanente - Center for Health Research
Gloria Coronado, PhD is an epidemiologist and the Mitch Greenlick Endowed Senior Investigator in Health Disparities at Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research. She completed in training at Stanford University and the University of Washington. Dr. Coronado’s research has focused on understanding and addressing disparities in the occurrence and burden of disease in underserved populations, with a special emphasis on the Latino population in the Pacific Northwest. She has developed several innovative and cost-effective interventions to improve rates of participation in cancer screening among Latinos. She co-directs the STOP CRC program, a program that uses systems-based approaches to raise the rates of colorectal cancer screening in federally sponsored health centers in Washington, Oregon and California.
To learn more colorectal cancer screening and creating effective patient and provider reminder systems in accordance with the USPSTF guidelines, listen to the audio recording of the April 11th webinar hosted by the Oregon Primary Care Association. View the recorded webinar here.
This webinar is part of an on-going public health and primary care webinar series featuring public health experts who can offer valuable training and resources to primary care providers, and ideas and examples of how the two can work together to improve population health.